nimoca
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nimoca is a rechargeable contactless smart card used primarily for public transportation and electronic payments in parts of Japan, particularly in the Kyushu region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nimoca canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3411343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nimoca Context triple: [ICOCA, compatibleWith, nimoca]
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A.
NMOC
NMOC is an abbreviation commonly used for a Network Manager Operations Centre, a facility responsible for overseeing and coordinating network operations and performance.
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B.
Tama Monorail
Tama Monorail is a straddle-beam monorail line in Tokyo, Japan, providing urban transit service through the Tama area.
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C.
Meitetsu
Meitetsu is a major private railway company in Japan’s Chubu region, best known for operating extensive rail and transport services centered around Nagoya.
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D.
NOK
NOK is the official currency code for the Norwegian krone, the national currency of Norway.
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E.
ICOCA
ICOCA is a rechargeable contactless smart card used for fare payment on public transportation systems in the Kansai region of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nimoca Target entity description: nimoca is a rechargeable contactless smart card used primarily for public transportation and electronic payments in parts of Japan, particularly in the Kyushu region.
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A.
NMOC
NMOC is an abbreviation commonly used for a Network Manager Operations Centre, a facility responsible for overseeing and coordinating network operations and performance.
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B.
Tama Monorail
Tama Monorail is a straddle-beam monorail line in Tokyo, Japan, providing urban transit service through the Tama area.
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C.
Meitetsu
Meitetsu is a major private railway company in Japan’s Chubu region, best known for operating extensive rail and transport services centered around Nagoya.
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D.
NOK
NOK is the official currency code for the Norwegian krone, the national currency of Norway.
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E.
ICOCA
ICOCA is a rechargeable contactless smart card used for fare payment on public transportation systems in the Kansai region of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare card
ⓘ
rechargeable contactless smart card ⓘ stored-value card ⓘ transportation card ⓘ |
| cardMedium | plastic card ⓘ |
| cardType |
anonymous card
ⓘ
prepaid ⓘ registered card ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| currency | Japanese yen ⓘ |
| dataTransferMethod | RFID ⓘ |
| hasMascot | ferret character ⓘ |
| interoperableWith |
Hayakaken
ⓘ
ICOCA ⓘ Kitaca ⓘ PASMO ⓘ SUGOCA ⓘ Suica ⓘ TOICA ⓘ manaca ⓘ |
| issuer | Nishi-Nippon Railroad ⓘ |
| languageOfBrand | Japanese ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2008-05-18 ⓘ |
| operator | Nishi-Nippon Railroad ⓘ |
| operatorAbbreviation | Nishitetsu ⓘ |
| paymentNetworkType | transport e-money ⓘ |
| primaryUse | public transportation fare payment ⓘ |
| rechargeable | true ⓘ |
| regionFocus |
Fukuoka Prefecture
ⓘ
Kumamoto Prefecture ⓘ Oita Prefecture ⓘ
linked to:
Ōita Prefecture
Saga Prefecture ⓘ |
| regionServed | Kyushu ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| supportsAutoCharge | true ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
commuters
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| technology | contactless smart card ⓘ |
| topUpLocations |
bus depots
ⓘ
convenience stores ⓘ train stations ⓘ |
| usableFor |
retail purchases
ⓘ
station kiosks ⓘ vending machines ⓘ |
| usableOn |
buses
ⓘ
subways ⓘ trains ⓘ |
| use | electronic money payment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: nimoca Description of subject: nimoca is a rechargeable contactless smart card used primarily for public transportation and electronic payments in parts of Japan, particularly in the Kyushu region.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.